This article was in smh yesterday. There are plans for a new sex education package to be developed in schools. The head of Catholic schools is saying the plans will be used as a ‘how to guide’ for children to access abortion clinics and birth control. The NSW Teachers Federation are saying that sex education in 21st century should reflect the needs of young people and prepare them for adulthood.
There are still questions to be answered – such as how abortion will be taught and whether parents will be allowed to take their children out of these classes. There is concern that we will follow Britain in making these classes compulsory, even when parents object.
With the sexualisation of our culture growing and growing – what should we as Christians think about this? Do we need to expose children to this at age 5? Do they need to learn about homosexuality and abortion and contraception? Is this the right way to go? Ideally I would have thought that it was the job of parents and guardians to inform their children about sex. But perhaps I am naïve thinking that in 2009? Even though we know our world is living in the darkness, should we ignore things like this? Or should we try to change the culture?
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